=====================================Also, of interest:Record Production Insights - The 5th Dimension - A Comparison of Styles: Bones Howe & John Florez:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaAWidQ82KA(For some reason, I couldn't make this link clickable. Sorry)

I love listening to John Florez as he recollects his adventures in the music world and its also pleasing to see even to this day his music brings him pleasure in revisiting.

However

Just as his ROCK THE BOAT was not conceived as a "disco" song per say , even though its sound would help guide the unfolding genre, neither was HARLEM, and just having a driving drum does not a disco record make. As a general rule , a dance record's appeal starts with an uplifting vibe. Each time HARLEM briefly tries to revel in Saturday night partying , it quickly slips back into stern commentary on the miseries of Harlem life. It's too much of a downer from the perspective of a dance record. I'd suggest for a more successful stab at reinventing this into a dance version, for starters, about four- fifths (the heavier) of the lyrics need to be edited out, something that a Walter Gibbons remix surely would've done BITD.

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